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Polygamy and Vouchers Don’t Mix

By Michele McNeil — November 12, 2007 1 min read
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This is the kind of support—and headline—voucher proponents probably don’t need:

“Two polygamous burgs back vouchers,” Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 12, 2007.

Vouchers are controversial enough on their own—and certainly were during the Utah referendum—without being linked to polygamy (though associated with the Mormons, polygamy is illegal and shunned by the Mormon Church).